Sebastian Pinera

Sebastian Pinera (1 December 1949-) was President of Chile from 11 March 2010 to 11 March 2014 (succeeding and preceding Michelle Bachelet) and from 11 March 2018 (succeeding Bachelet). Pinera belonged to the conservative-liberal National Renewal party.

Biography
Sebastian Pinera was born in Santiago, Chile on 1 December 1949, and he graduated from the Colegio del Verbo Divino in 1967 and the Pontifical University of Chile in 1971. From 1971 to 1988, Pinera worked as an educator, serving as a professor of economics at several universities. Pinera also became a wealthy businessman, and he had built a fortune of $2.4 billion by 2011; he introduced credit cards to Chile during the late 1970s and invested in LAN Airlines. In 1988, he opposed Augusto Pinochet's continued rule, and he supported Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle during his pre-candidacy for president. From 1990 to 1998, he served as Senator for Eastern Santiago, serving as a National Renewal member. Pinera was elected President of Chile in 2010, and his tenure saw Chile recover from natural disasters (including a mining disaster that left 33 miners trapped for 70 days) and build overseas relations; Pinera was regarded as an inept politician by several in his country, as he made errors like sitting as President Barack Obama's desk in the White House (breaching protocol), making an offensive joke about women, bragging about the fact that he was the descendant of an Inca emperor, and confusing Robinson Crusoe for Alexander Selkirk). He retired in 2014, but he ran for President once more in 2017, winning the election.